David Westin

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" probably took about $528 million in box-office sales worldwide in its record weekend debut, more than Walt Disney Co. anticipated, Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said.

At that level, the first live-action "Star Wars" film in a decade beats the previous global record by about $3 million -- "Jurassic World" reached $524.9 million earlier this year. As of Sunday, Disney estimated the worldwide total at $517 million.

"It's bigger than big -- it's bigger than we thought it would be yesterday," Iger said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg TV's Stephanie Ruhle and David Westin. "And China has yet to...

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